Lakeview Marine & Tackle is temporarily closed, but the Grand Haven bait shop’s owner said he remains in contact with customers who are unhappy about boating restrictions enacted late last week due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers issued five citations over the weekend to boaters in violation of the governor’s stay-home order, but none of them involved the use of a motorized boat, according to the department.

Although Andrea Barber’s Team In-U-Endo took fourth place in the Ladies and Kids portion of this weekend’s Offshore Challenge salmon tournament, the generational love for fishing that comes with the family is unbeaten.

The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office says it will continue heightened patrols and enforcement aimed at identifying intoxicated boating for the Fourth of July holiday, following a weekend worth of such efforts for Operation Dry Water.

One-hundred and thirty-seven boats crossed the starting line in Milwaukee, Wis. for the 80th annual Queen’s Cup Regatta, but only 111 boats finished at the Grand Haven municipal marina Saturday morning.

Gloomy skies accompanied the annual powerboat rally, Rock the Coast Saturday morning, but the rumble of engines could be heard throughout the area as more than 100 go fast boats paraded out the Grand Haven channel.